noun
1. a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region (Freq. 5)
• Syn: ↑Wolverine State, ↑Great Lakes State, ↑MI
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Midwest, ↑middle west, ↑midwestern United States
• Part Meronyms:
↑Mackinac Bridge, ↑Isle Royal National Park, ↑Alpena, ↑Ann Arbor, ↑Detroit, ↑Motor City, ↑Motown, ↑Flint, ↑Grand Rapids, ↑Houghton, ↑Jackson, ↑Lansing, ↑capital of Michigan, ↑Marquette, ↑Monroe, ↑Traverse City, ↑Detroit River, ↑Grand River, ↑Lake St. Clair, ↑Lake Saint Clair, ↑Lower Peninsula, ↑Upper Peninsula
2. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
3. the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
• Syn: ↑Lake Michigan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑lake
• Part Holonyms: ↑Great Lakes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.